Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0120 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 02/10/2025

                             
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 120 
By Johnson 
 
 
SJR0120 
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Britni Singleteary 
to the standards recommendation committee for 
English language arts.  
 
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312, creates a standards 
recommendation committee for English language arts; and 
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312(a), provides that the 
governor shall appoint four members to the standards recommendation committee for English 
language arts; and 
WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee has appointed Britni Singleteary to serve on such 
committee for a term that expires on December 31, 2025; and  
WHEREAS, Britni Singleteary has taught English language arts and social studies within 
the Dyer County School System since 2010; she previously served as a teacher with the 
Weakley County School System for five years; and  
WHEREAS, she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Learning K-8 from 
the University of Tennessee at Martin and earned her Master of Arts degree in Leadership at 
Bethel University; and  
WHEREAS, a 2023 graduate of the WestTeach Leadership Program, Ms. Singleteary 
was the Dyer County Elementary School Teacher of the Year in 2013 and the Fifth 
Consolidated Elementary School Teacher of the Year in 2013 and 2020; and  
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312(b), provides that all 
appointments to the committee "shall be subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of 
representatives"; now, therefore,   
 
 
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 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we confirm the appointment of Britni Singleteary to 
the standards recommendation committee for English language arts for a term that expires on 
December 31, 2025.